Wizards Thatch, Alderley Edge, Cheshire

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Even locals in Alderley Edge, the village popular with wealthy Manchester business folk (and footballers), have not heard of Wizards Thatch. When I said I was staying at Wizards my taxi driver took me to a pub with that name, which was closed, on a deserted country lane about a mile from my five-room guest house.

As I stood stranded by the road in early evening darkness wondering what to do, however, a friendly local stopped by. She did not know Wizards Thatch but drove me to the centre of Alderley Edge, where I eventually came to a hidden-away, ivy-covered